If there’s a hurricane headed toward the East Coast, you can count on days of breathless coverage. But when it comes to the wildfires ravaging the West Coast — specifically, California — according to some news analysis, the coverage does not compare.

On this week’s edition of Beat the Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University, Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine, former CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian and Lylah Alphonse of U.S. News and World Report…

Alarming report lists Australia in the top 10 for the world’s most devastating natural disasters – causing $38billion worth of damage

Australia was ranked tenth worldwide for the cost of damage caused by natural disasters such as cyclones and floods. Pictured is the Ingham in north Queensland in March

Another alarming statistic was that the Asia-Pacific region was identified as the world’s most disaster-prone.

The region was hit by around 40 per cent of the 335 disasters recorded worldwide in 2017 and accounted for almost 60 per cent of disaster-related deaths.

More than 200 million people worldwide are affected by natural disasters each year, which is expected to increase…

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The global air traffic network may be more vulnerable to natural disasters than you realize.

Recent volcanic activity reminds us of the 2010 disaster. The volcano in southern Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset ON Friday, April 16, 2010. Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti) #

A section of Lake Oroville is seen nearly dry on August 19, 2014 in Oroville, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State’s lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

this earthquake is believed to be the biggest in the region in 25 years – had destroyed four mobile homes and made 16 buildings “uninhabitable”,

The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham.

Forty homes appeared to have been completely submerged in the mudslide- only one building was left above ground level Photo: Getty

Motorists try to move their cars Thursday after being trapped on the flooded southbound Lodge near Dexter after a water main broke near the freeway about 2:30 p.m. Water from a 42-inch main poured down a freeway ramp and rose nearly 4 feet, causing backups. / Photos by William Archie/Detroit Free Press. Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20120601/NEWS01/206010386/Lodge-reopens-after-flooding-halts-traffic-near-water-main-break

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A solar flare bursts off the left limb of the sun in this image

even false tsunami warning can cause death toll in community…

Great guide for all pets owners; RSPCA Queensland. Source: http://www.rspcaqld.org.au/Information/AnimalCareTips/SummerTips/CyclonePreparedness